Physical Therapist Assistant

Area of Study: Physical Therapist Assisting Technology 
Degree/Certificate: Associate of Applied Science degree in Physical Therapist Assisting Technology
Program Location: Metropolitan Campus
Program Start: The program accepts 24 students each year. Each new cohort of students starts in the fall semester.
Application Deadline: No deadline- Program accepts applicants with ALL prerequisites completed on first come basis into the next open cohort.

If you are not already an active Tri-C student, you must first apply to the college. If you are interested in more than one health careers program, you must submit a separate health careers application for each program.  You may only apply to three programs at one time.

If you like to help people and enjoy working with body movement, Physical Therapist Assisting (PTA) may be a rewarding career for you. As a Physical Therapist Assistant, you’ll help people to recover from accidents, injuries, illness, stroke and other debilitating events.

Physical therapy helps to ease pain and improve function caused by injury, disease or other causes. Services include assisted movement, exercise treatment and heat/cold therapy.

The Physical Therapist Assistant program will prepare you for a professional health care career providing physical therapy treatments under the supervision of a Physical Therapist. Graduates are eligible to take an exam to qualify for licensure in any state.

Tri-C students get clinical experience with real patients at more than 75 clinical sites in northeast Ohio, including all of the major medical centers.

Job settings include:

• Hospitals
• Nursing homes
• Rehabilitation centers
• Sports medicine clinics
• Pediatric facilities
• Outpatient clinics
• Home health care
• Corporate or industrial centers
• Wellness centers
• Sports medicine facilities
• Schools systems

Download the Experience Verification form for the Physical Therapist Assistant program

Health Requirement Completion Guide

Drug Screening Info (Students must check with their program manager BEFORE they proceed with a Drug Screen)

Web Resources

• American Physical Therapy Association
• Ohio Physical Therapy Association
• Ohio Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy/ Athletic Trainer Board

See which states this program meets licensure/certification requirements.